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Arne Fremmegaard scrapbook, 1924-1939
Scrapbook of clippings and photographs concerning Norwegian-Americans and their activities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Some of the photos were taken on the occasion of the visit of Olav and Martha in 1939. Mr. Fremmegaard was a prominent Minneapolis banker who came from Norway in 1924. He was general chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the visit of Olav and Martha in 1939. He was made a Commander of the Royal Order of St. Olav by King Haakon. -
Torkel T. Fuglestad autobiography, undated
Memories from the School of Life, an autobiographical account by a Norwegian-born North Dakota farmer, translated by Charles H. Skalet and R. E. Fuglestad. Torkel Fuglestad was born at Bjerkreim, Roggland, Norway. After military training at Kristiansand and work in the shipyards of Stavanger, he emigrated together with his wife in 1883. He lived on a farm near Hannaford, Griggs County, North Dakota, did some writing for Norwegian-American newspapers and was a charter member of the corporation of Oak Grove Seminary, Fargo, North Dakota, serving party of the time on its Board of Trustees. -
J. Christian Gronvold papers, 1878-2002
Papers of a physician in the Holden Community of Goodhue County, Minnesota, and a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health. Dr. Gronvold was born at Fron, Gudbrandsdal, Norway, and studied and taught at the University of Kristiania. He emigrated to the United States in 1865 and received a medical degree from Humboldt Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1869, after which he came to Goodhue County. -
Hedemark-Libak family letters, 1880-1900
Copies and translations of letters from members of the Hedemark and Libak families. Letters from Ole and otto Hedemark were written to their parents, Jon and Anne Hedemark, in Norway. The brothers made it possible for their parents and their sister Johanne Hedemark to emigrate. Johanne's letters are addressed to her sister Helene and her husband Hans Libak. This couple also received financial help to emigrate. Early letters (1880-1882) are from Cannon Falls and St. Paul, Minnesota; later letters are from Valley City, Barnes County, and Englevale, Fort Ransom, and Lisbon, Ransom County, North Dakota. Notes within the letters (October 1880 and May 1888) indicate that the translations were made by Mrs. John M. Johnson, a daughter of the Libaks. There is also a letter to Hans Libak, dated 24 November 1900 from Ole Hedemark, who by that time had moved to Waghorn, Alberta, Canada. The letters were forwarded by Mrs. Maynard Lindeman, Enderlin, North Dakota, to Rolf Erickson, who copied and donated them to the Norwegian-American Historical Association. -
George (Guttorm Johnson Hovden) Johnson diary, 1863-1865
The Civil War Diary of a member of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, Company G, born in Sigdal, Norway, covering the years 1863-1865. Enlisted as George Johnson, 28 September 1861, he immediately became a Sergeant and later a Second Lieutenant. After the war he married Ragne Snersrud and lived on a farm near Ridgeway, Iowa. The diary was translated by Norma Johnson Jordahl and edited by O. M. Hovde in 1971. The original diary is in the Luther College Library at Decorah, Iowa. -
Peter L. Petersen articles, 1976
A New Oslo on the Plains; Anders L. Mordt Land Company and Norwegian Migration to the Texas Panhandle, reprint of an article published in the "Panhandle-Plains Historical Review," Canyon, Texas, 1976. "A Diamond Jubilee; Seventy-Five Years of Lutheranism in the Texas Panhandle" by Peter L. Petersen and Frederick W. Rathjen. Dr. Petersen was an Associate Professor of History at West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, in 1976. Additional copies and information found in P0537 Congregations, Texas, Oslo. -
Anders L. Mordt papers, 1910-1977
Copies of papers relating to the history of the Anders L. Mordt Land Company, Guymon, Oklahoma. Mordt was a promoter of Oslo, a Norwegian settlement in Hansford County, Texas (Texas Panhandle) in the early 1900s. He advertised extensively in the Norwegian-American newspapers, urging settlers to buy land from him, and hoped to build a city, Oslo, which would compare with the Norwegian capital. The city was never built, but the area was populated by Norwegian Farmers who came from the Midwest, and who organized the Oslo Lutheran Church at Gruver, Texas.
Includes:- "Aabent brev til det Norske Lutherske Kirkefolk" (1913), an ad used by the Anders L. Mordt Land Company
- "Hvad jeg fandt i Oslo" (1912-1913), Thore Eggen's account in "Lutheraneren."
- Oslo Settlerne om Oslo" from "Lutheraneren" (29 January 1913).
- History book of Olso Lutheran Church, compiled by Ingeborg Sogn, Gruver, Texas (1977).
- Copy of Olso Lutheran Church record book (1910-1976).
- Clippings and dedication programs (1950-1981).
- "Oslo Posten" advertisement (n.d.).
- "Oslo, Det norske Settlement i Hansford County, Texas" (n.d.), copy of a pamphlet published by the Anders L. Mordt Land Company.
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John D. Bengston papers, 1975-2007
Papers written for the program leading to an M. A. degree at the University of Wisconsin.
Includes:- "'Han Ola og Han Per,' language and literature in the comic strips of Peter Julius Rosendahl" by Bengston, prepared for Scandinavian 1975: Seminar in Immigrant Research, April 1977.; added January 2008: Tormod Kinnes' MA thesis, "The Humor of Han Ola og han Per taken seriously," (Trondheim, May 2007)
- "A study of lexical interference in the English of Norwegian-Americans" by Bengston (1975). "The paper is basically a survey of English as spoken by Minnesotans of Norwegian descent, pointing out influences in vocabulary from Norwegian."
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Mildred Hogstel papers, 1975-1979
Papers from a Norwegian-American faculty member at the Harris College of Nursing of Texas Christian University. "An American at home in Norway," an account of a brief journey made by Hogstel to the homes of her ancestors in Southern Norway (1976); Genealogical compilation for the families of Johan and Anna Bronstad and of Berger and Anna Rogstad (1975); "A Travel Letter from Texas, 1852" written from Four Mile Prairie by Johan Olsen Brunstad, translated by Alvon Nelson (1979). -
Bernhard Nalsund papers, 1974
Typescript of a history of Butli, the farm and the relationship, entitled: "Butli, Gorden og slekten."